Finally, an exhibition that will showcase late McQueen's brillant talent & gorgeous collections. He is and would be one of the fashion legends in the 21st century.
Do head down to the exhibit if you can!
“People find my things sometimes aggressive. But I don’t see it as aggressive. I see it as romantic, dealing with a dark side of personality.”- Alexander McQueen.
Exhibit write-up from http://alexandermcqueen.com:
Galleries will showcase recurring themes and concepts in McQueen's work beginning with "The Romantic Mind" which will examine his subversion of traditional tailoring and dressmaking practices through displacement and deconstruction, and "Romantic Gothic" which will highlight McQueen's narrative approach to fashion and illuminate his engagement with Romantic literary traditions such as death, decay, and darkness. Further galleries feature the themes Romantic Naturalism, Romantic Primitivism, Romantic Nationalism, and Romantic Exoticism, as well as a Cabinet of Curiosities.
Five of McQueen's landmark collections that explore his engagement with the Romantic sublime and the dialectics of beauty and horror will be interspersed among the galleries - Dante (autumn/winter 1996-97), # 13 (spring/ summer 1999), VOSS (spring/summer 2001), Irere (spring/summer 2003), and Plato's Atlantis (spring/summer 2010).
The exhibition will run from 4th May 2011 until the 7th August 2011.
For more information, opening hours and admission prices please visit www.metmuseum.org (212) 535-7710
Photos credit: blog.metmuseum.org
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